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3.2.2 Continuative: form
The continuative in Japanese is also commonly refered to as the ” form”,
because it relies on the of classical helper verb for completion, ,
which is. This inflection is used for at least three things in Japanese,
of which verb chaining is probably the most frequently used. Aside from
this, it is also used to issue (implied) imperatives, and it can be used in
combination with several special verbs to create special constructions.
bases form/For verbs, the combination of with leads to con-
tracted forms in modern Japanese, with different contractions occuring for
the different verbs. The following table lists which contractions occur,
and what the ”change rule” is:
classical continuative modern continuative change rule
+ : verbs: no change
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →
+ : verbs: →Irregular classical continuative modern continuative change rule+ special rule